French Lithographic Prints
May 2026
All objects are lithographic prints associated with French culture, demonstrating the widespread use and artistic development of lithography in France.
130 objects · 5 institutions
A Cemetery in Galicia, from Au Pied du Sinaï
Art Institute of Chicago
1897, published 1898
A Long Chrysalis, the Color of Blood, plate 2 of 6
Art Institute of Chicago
1889
A Pharmacy for Every Need (plate 24)
Art Institute of Chicago
1843
Adieu
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
And He Discerns an Arid, Knoll-Covered Plain, plate 7 of 24
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
At the Gaieté Rochechouart: Nicolle
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Babylone d'Allemagne
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
Box in the Grand Tier
Art Institute of Chicago
1897
Brandès and le Bargy, in Les Cabotins
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
Brandès in her Box
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
Brasseur's Entrance in Chilpéric
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Brünnhilde
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
Brünnhilde (Twilight of the Gods)
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
Cain and Abel
Art Institute of Chicago
1886
Centaur Aiming at the Clouds
Art Institute of Chicago
1883
Chansons de femmes, cover for a book by Paul Delmet
Art Institute of Chicago
1897
Cléo de Mérode, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906
Coquelin the Elder, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906
Cover for "Le Juré"
Art Institute of Chicago
1887
Cover for Au pied du Sinaï
Art Institute of Chicago
1897, published 1898
Cover for Elles
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
Cover for La Tribu d'Isidore
Art Institute of Chicago
1897
Cover for Les Courtes Joies
Art Institute of Chicago
1897, printed and published 1925
Cover for the portfolio, The Painters-Lithographers (Les Peintres Lithographes)
Art Institute of Chicago
1892
Dead Child
Art Institute of Chicago
1874
Death and the Young Mother, from Revue Fantaisiste
Art Institute of Chicago
1861
Death: "My irony surpasses all others!", plate 3 of 6
Art Institute of Chicago
1889
Double harness
Art Institute of Chicago
1897
Dramatic and Grandiose with Her Face like that of a Druid Priestess
Art Institute of Chicago
1887
Désiré Dihau
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Floréal, from Mélodies de Désiré Dihau
Art Institute of Chicago
1895, printed and published 1935
Footit et chocolat
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Girl
Art Institute of Chicago
1887
Head of Woman With Corsage of Flowers
Art Institute of Chicago
1900
Head of a Raven in Profile, from The Raven (Le Corbeau)
Art Institute of Chicago
1875
Hrorororoo! (English exclamation)
Art Institute of Chicago
1817
Idler
Art Institute of Chicago
1816
Immediately Three Goddesses Arise, plate 11 of 24
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
In the Maze of Branches, the Pale Figure Appeared, plate 2 of 7
Art Institute of Chicago
1887
In the Picton Bar (American Bar), rue Scribe
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
In the Shadow Are People, Weeping and Praying, Surrounded by Others Who Are Exhorting Them, plate 6 of 24
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
Intelligence was Mine! I Became the Buddha, plate 12 of 24
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
Irish and American Bar, Rue Royale—The Chap Book
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
It is a Skull Wreathed in Roses...
Art Institute of Chicago
1888
Jane Shore
Art Institute of Chicago
1828
Judic
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
Juliette Dodu
Art Institute of Chicago
1904
Klänge
Art Institute of Chicago
1907–12, published 1913
La Ronte de Louviers
Harvard Art Museums
20th century
La revue blanche
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
La vache enragée
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
Le Chevalier Dupetit-Thouars
Art Institute of Chicago
1822
Le Tocsin
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Le magazin de nouveautes
Art Institute of Chicago
1902
Lender Dancing the Bolero in Chilpéric
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Light
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Lola de Valence
Art Institute of Chicago
1863
Louise Balthy, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906
Lourdes, 1914, 25th International Eucharistic Congress
Art Institute of Chicago
1914

Madame Abdala, from "Le Café Concert"
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1893
Madame Réjane
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published 1936
Madame Simon-Girard, Brasseur and Guy in La belle Hélène
Art Institute of Chicago
1900
Mademoiselle Lender and Baron
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Marguerite Carrière
Art Institute of Chicago
1901
Maternity
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
May Belfort, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906
Menu Henriot
Art Institute of Chicago
1901
Menu for a Dinner given by May Belfort
Art Institute of Chicago
1896

Menu from the Dinner Tarnais (Dîner des Tarnais)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1896
Miguel Llobet
Art Institute of Chicago
1908
Minerva Teaching a Young Artist, illustration for the Catalogue historique du Cabinet by Mariette
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
My Child
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Oannes: "I, the first consciousness in Chaos, rose from the abyss to harden matter, to determine forms," plate 14 from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (3rd series)
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
Oannes: "I, the first consciousness in Chaos, rose from the abyss to harden matter, to determine forms," plate 14 from The Temptation of Saint Anthony (3rd series)
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
Odalisque
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1868
Old Knight
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
Ophelia's Song
Art Institute of Chicago
1834

Passing Young Girls, from "The Songs of Béranger"
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1829
Paul Sérusier
Art Institute of Chicago
1903
Picnic
Art Institute of Chicago
1898
Polaire
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published 1930
Poor Street-Walker!
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Portfolio Cover for Songes (Dreams)
Art Institute of Chicago
1891
Praÿa Rodriguez, near Rio de Janeiro, plate one from Paysages, volume 1 of Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil
Art Institute of Chicago
1835
Precarious Glimmering, a Head Suspended from Infinity, plate 3 of 6
Art Institute of Chicago
1891
Profile of Light
Art Institute of Chicago
1886
Program for the Gémier Benefit
Art Institute of Chicago
1897
Project for a Cover of a Printed Portfolio
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1899
Reading
Art Institute of Chicago
1897
Ricardo Viñes
Art Institute of Chicago
1903
Ricardo Viñes
Art Institute of Chicago
1903
Réjane and Galipaux, in Madame Sans-Gêne
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Saint Anthony: "Beneath her long hair, which covered her face, I thought I recognized Ammonaria", plate 1 of 6
Art Institute of Chicago
1889
Sarah Bernhardt, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906
Sarah Bernhardt, from Treize Lithographies
Art Institute of Chicago
1898, published before 1906
School Mistress
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1740
Temple of Sibyl in Méréville
Art Institute of Chicago
1817
The Arrest of Schlomé Fuss, from Au Pied du Sinaï
Art Institute of Chicago
1897, published 1898
The Artist
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
The Birth of Annette
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1899
The Buddha
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
The Charger
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
The Charger
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
The Convalescent, Madame Lepère
Art Institute of Chicago
1892
The Fainting Fit
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
The Hairdresser, Program for the Théâtre Libre
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
The Hanged Man
Art Institute of Chicago
1892
The Head Salesman at Jourdan and Brown
Art Institute of Chicago
1897
The Idler
Art Institute of Chicago
1816
The Infinite Search, from Night
Art Institute of Chicago
1886
The Lithograph Seller
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1819
The Little Savoyard
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1825
The Marsh Flower, a Sad Human Head, plate 2 of 6
Art Institute of Chicago
1885
The Menu
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1870
The Restaurant of the Great Art Exhibition: A symbiotic love for the arts and the cutlet
Art Institute of Chicago
1868, printed 1920
The Secret, from Mélodies de Désiré Dihau
Art Institute of Chicago
1895, printed and published 1935
The Shulamite
Art Institute of Chicago
1897
The Skiapods: "The head as low as possible, that is the secret of happiness!", plate 6 of 6
Art Institute of Chicago
1889
The Vigilant One
Art Institute of Chicago
1816
There's a Floating Corpse
Art Institute of Chicago
1892

Untitled
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negative 1932–1942; print 1976
Vigilant One
Art Institute of Chicago
1816
Why Not?... Once Does Not Count
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Wisdom
Art Institute of Chicago
1893, printed and published 1927
Woman Combing Her Hair—La Coiffure, plate seven from Elles
Art Institute of Chicago
1896
Your Mouth
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Your Mouth
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
![[Mont Blanc from the Aiguille du Midi]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/7d05d135-ff50-4792-b408-203fdd26cbe7/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Mont Blanc from the Aiguille du Midi]
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about 1890–1893
![[Pavement]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/843f980b-0a97-4cd1-900c-4db20515af44/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Pavement]
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negative 1932–1942; print 1976
![[Still Life: Dead Game]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/af991ed4-8913-4f09-a4b0-3ce7ef46e1b8/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Still Life: Dead Game]
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about 1880